Fall 2013 CASET Economics in Education Conference 

CASET invites you to a day of celebration of the great work of California economics teachers. Enjoy a day of fun as we present resources and information to help you improve your students' understanding of economics. Over 100 teachers will come together at the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank to celebrate their achievements and to share lesson plans, teaching strategies, and other extraordinary resources for teaching economics.

Topics will include resources provided by the SF Federal Reserve, Common Core Standards and their applications to Economics, CCEE’s new platform --- EconWorks!, a discussion of the infusion of personal finance into the Math Common Core Standards, and lessons on unemployment, supply and demand, and sunk cost and marginal cost.

A plenary session will involve lesson on using the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ FRED to access and manipulate the most current macro data for use in the classroom. A “Federal Reserve Quality” lunch will be served. At lunch, a Fed economist will explain the current economy and prospects for the near future. 

97% of past attendees agreed that the day is very valuable in helping them teach econ to their students and 95% said that they would attend another CASET conference and would recommend it to their colleagues.

Conference attendee information:

• A continental breakfast and delicious lunch will be provided
• Come celebrate a day of economic education with your colleagues

AGENDA

8:00 -9:00 AM                Registration & Breakfast                  1st Floor Yellen Conf. Center 

9:00-9:50 AM                 Session #1 (General Session)         1st Floor Yellen Conf. Center 

Econ Works featuring Jim Charkins and Elle Charles

 10:00-10:50 AM    Breakout Sessions 2& 3  4^th Floor Balles Conf. Center – Phoenix Room

SF Federal Reserve Resources (Jody Hoff)

Common Core Standards and their application to Social Studies and Economics in particular Infusion of Personal Finance Standards into the Math Standards

 11:00-11:50 AM    Breakout Sessions 4 & 5 4^th Floor Balles Conf. Center – Salt Lake Room

Sunk Cost/Marginal Analysis (lead by Greg with assistance from Jim)                       AND Supply and Demand Posters with Donna McCreadie

Common Core Standards and their application to Social Studies and Economics in particular   Sample Unemployment Lesson by Giff with comments by San Francisco Unified Common core expert.

12:00-12:50 PM     Session #6                    1^st Floor Yellen Conf. Center

Using FRED in the classroom and for the Capital Markets Contest (Lead by Keith Taylor from the St. Louis Fed. with assistance from Brian Held)

 1:00-2:30 PM                 Lunch and Closing Activities 1:00-2:30 PM  1st Floor Yellen Conf. Center

 

• 1:00-1:30 Lunch
• 1:30-2:00 Keynote Speaker (Fed Economist)
• 2:00-2:30 CASET Awards/Door Prizes

2:45 – 3:15 PM               Museum Tour for interested participants    1^st Floor Fed Center